Plant for the Planet Tree Giveaway (Free trees!)

It's April. You know what that means don't you? Earth Day and environmental awareness events like mad. I'm not saying these are bad things, I'm just saying what about the other 11 months of the year? Oh, don't mind me, I'm just grumpy this morning.

The Belknap Neighborhood Association along with area neighbors and Belknap businesses is celebrating Kentucky Arbor Day by giving away 800 seedlings from the Kentucky Division of Forestry to anyone who pledges to plant and nurse each tree to adulthood. These 12 to 24-inch, bare-root seedlings of canopy species will mature into 70 to 120-foot trees - the choices include Oaks (Bur, Shumard and Cherrybark), a mix of Hickories, Bald Cypress, Persimmon and the Kentucky Coffeetree. Also available is the Eastern Redbud, The festivities include refreshments and entertainment along with plenty of information and expert advice from foresters, arborists, tree huggers, and area naturalists associated with the Olmsted Parks Conservancy and the UK School of Agriculture Cooperative Extension.

459-1405 or http://BelknapNeighbor.info

I love that my neighborhood association is doing this. It certainly makes me less grumpy.

Plant for the Planet Tree Giveaway
Saturday, April 05, 2008
9AM-3PM

Warheim Park
1832 Overlook Terrace
Louisville, KY